Journal of Nursing Education
Year:2016 | Volume:5 | Issue:2 (16)|Papers Count:8

Introduction: In the process of continuing education, nurses are one of the most important audiences in hospitals, which need development of teaching and learning methods to enhance their performance. This research was based on the need for proper training of Intensive Care Units (ICU) nurses for arterial blood gas interpretation skills in the care of critical patients and evaluated the effect of formative assessment with appropriate feedback for development of this skill.Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with 90 nurses working at critical care settings of three hospitals. The samples were selected based on the available sampling method and inclusion criteria. Arterial blood gas interpretation skills of nurses were measured before and after the educational intervention. Results were compared using descriptive and inferential statistical methods using the SPSS Inc software (Released 2007. SPSS for Windows, Version 16.0. Chicago, SPSS Inc).Results: The primary mean score was 13.86±3.7 for the oral group, 12.93±2.27 for the written group and 12.43±2.51 for the control group. Also there were no significant differences between the three groups before the intervention (P=0.157). The mean score after intervention was 20.33±1.58 for the oral group, 18.40±1.84 for the written group and 15.96±1.56 for the control group. The mean scores between groups were significantly different after the intervention (P<0.001).Conclusions: This study showed that using formative assessment and providing proper feedback is effective on learning and using formative assessment, with written and oral feedback improving arterial blood gas interpretation skills. Therefore, it is recommended that formative assessment with written and oral feedback be used in educational programs.

Introduction: Nurses as biggest manpower in health care centers must have evidence based practices; so, they need to have knowledge about principles of research methodology. According to the scarce attention of nurses to clinical researches, their training and continuing of education is necessary. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of research workshops on nurses’ knowledge.Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 90 personnel of Tabriz Medical University in East Azarbaijan province in 2014. Participants were trained in a two-day workshop for 12 hours, using slides and through teamwork. The knowledge of participants was measured before and after the course using a researcher-made questionnaire (the content validity of which was conducted and the reliability of which was approved). Data were analyzed by SPSS version 17 through descriptive statistics and paired t-test.Results: The difference between mean scores of the pre-test and post-test was statistically significant, and the training course increased the personnel’s knowledge about research methodology. Also, the score of knowledge was significantly correlated with gender and education.Conclusions: Teaching research methodology in the form of workshop increased the knowledge level of nurses. Due to the importance of evidence-based practices and nurses’ distance from research activities, more attention to continuing education and emphasis on research activities among this population is recommended.

Introduction: Types of students’ studying and learning approaches play a role in students’ satisfaction of courses as well as academic achievements. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of study approach with deliberative practice, course satisfaction and academic achievement.Methods: The method of the study was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population included all the third-, fifth- and seventh-semester nursing undergraduate students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, and the statistical sample (n=187) was selected through convenient sampling. The data were collected by Questionnaire of Study Approach to Deliberative Practice, which includes 25 items and has been developed by Duvivier et al. (2011), a general item to measure overall satisfaction of the course and the students’ averages. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics (correlation coefficients, ANOVA, and independent t-test) were used.Results: There was a statistically significant correlation in study approach with deliberative practice, course satisfaction and academic achievement (P=0.001). This correlation was also observed between course satisfaction and academic achievement (P=0.001, r=0.74). The results also showed that with increase in the semester of nursing students, the correlation between components increased too.Conclusions: The results of this study can be used to deal with theoretical problems of nursing education and preparation to deal with the complexity of the clinical environment. Therefore, policymakers and educational planners of nursing education should try to improve the skills of their students and help with health promotion in the community with adopting educational strategies.

Introduction: evidence-based care is the use of the best scientific evidence in making clinical decisions and applying the best care. It is one of the major challenges in nursing interventions. This study aimed to determine the facilities and barriers to evidence-based nursing.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study including clinical nurses, nurses, managers and nurse educators. The sample size was calculated as 300 by simple random sampling method. Based on Rostas tool, good validity and reliability of r=0.83 and r=0.79, respectively, were achieved. To achieve the objectives of the research, SPSS software version 16 was used and data was analyzed by parametric tests (t-test and ANOVA) and Pearson’s correlation coefficient.Results: In the viewpoint of nurses, the most facilitating training courses were development of methods analysis and evidence application (27.7%) and the biggest barriers were implementation barriers (42.6±2.2) and the lack of easy access to up-to-date and useful information and research (38.12%). There was a meaningful relationship between barriers and facilities scores and negative significance (P=0.02, r=-0.15) between barriers and facilities based on demographic variables other than age and work experience (P<0.05). There was no statistically significant relationship between other variables.Conclusions: By removing barriers and providing facilities, support and encouragement for the use of EBP, nursing approaches will change. To achieve this, nurses need ongoing trainings and practice in this field.

Introduction: Changes in lifestyle and dietary habits of people with increased use of unhealthy foods and reduction of physical activity has resulted in a high prevalence of overweightness and obesity in women. This study aimed to determine the dietary behavior status and its predictors based on the Pender`s health promotion model constructs among overweight women.Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was carried out on 484 women with a body mass index greater than 25, who were selected through convenience sampling. The study population included all women with high weight, referred to the Fatemieh hospital clinics of Hamedan, during year 2014. Data were collected using questionnaires, Pender’s model constructs and dietary behavior. Statistical analysis of the data was performed by the SPSS (version 16) software and statistical tests were correlation and regression analysis.Results: The average age of the overweight women was 38.29±9.01 years and mean Body Mass Index (BMI) was 29.2±2.28 (kg/m2). In this study, mean dietary behavior in women was undesirable (38.7±12.05). Results of regression analysis showed that the 82% of the variability in dietary behavior of the overweight women was predicted by the following structures: perceived benefits, perceived barriers, negative feelings associated with behavior, self-efficacy and commitment to a plan of action (R2=0.82, F=12.75, P<0.001).Conclusions: The feeding behavior of women was unacceptable. According to the important role of women in maintaining the health of other family members, they need to raise their awareness of nutritional behaviors and reduce undesirable behaviors. Therefore, based on the results of this study it is recommended to plan feeding behavior intervention strategies for women, which should emphasize to increase self-efficacy, positive feelings associated with behavior and commitment to a plan of action and reduce perceived barriers.

Introduction: Quality of life is a multidimensional concept influenced by various physical and psychological factors. Moreover, Job stress is one of the most important factors regarding reduced productivity in organizations. The present study was performed to determine quality of life and its relationship with job stress among nursing staff of hospitals of sari, during year 2015.Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was performed on 940 individuals among nursing staff of hospitals of Sari, during year 2015. The samples were selected by the census sampling method. Data were gathered using particular questionnaires of quality of life (SF-36) and HSE Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for Job stress. Collected data were analyzed by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), t-test, Pearson's correlation and Linear Regression using the SPSS software (V18).Results: The majority of samples with frequency of 62.2%, had a moderate quality of life. Also, the Mean±Standard Deviation (SD) of job stress was 115.02±20.94 that represents a great amount of stress in nurses. Also a significant correlation was observed between general aspects of physical health and mental health with all aspects of job stress except control and support of authorities (P<0.05). In addition, the relationships between gender, work, body mass index and quality of life disorders, and also between history, marital status, working system and job stress were significant (P<0.05).Conclusions: The findings showed that increases in job stress have a negative effect on some aspects of quality of life. Therefore, nursing managers by being aware of this issue, with proper communication and support can reduce the physical requirements and psychological pressure. Furthermore, managers should attempt to increase staff participation in decision-making in order to reduce job stress and thus increase job quality and improve overall quality of life.

Introduction: Moral intelligence and altruism are the most effective factors on human behavior and they can have the basic roles in expanding patients’ rights. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of moral intelligence and altruism with nurses' attitudes to the rights of patients.Methods: This was a descriptive-correlational study carried out on 200 nurses in western Azerbaijan province, Iran, in 2015. Kiel and Lennik moral intelligence scale, Carlo and et al. altruism scale, and Hoshmand and et al. rights questionnaire were used for data collection.Results: The results of this study indicated that there was a positive relationship in nurses’ attitudes towards patients’ rights with altruism (r=0.447), honesty (r=0.234), responsibility (r=0.459), forgiveness (r=0.646) and compassion (r=0.518) subscales of moral intelligence, which was significant at P<0.05 level. The results of multi-variable correlation coefficient with entering method indicated that subscale of moral intelligence and altruism had a role in explaining nurses’ attitudes towards patients’ rights (R2=58.8%).Conclusions: According to the results of this study, it seems that the growth of moral intelligence and altruism increases nurses’ attitudes to the rights of patients.

Introduction: Professional socialization of nurses is essential in this caring profession and has a direct link with the quality of provided services. This study has been conducted with the aim of investigating the barriers of the socialization in nurses and provides strategies to address these barriers.Methods: This integrative review conducted based on the Broome approach. The studies that related to the purpose of study, being written in English or Persian, the full text was accessible and was published in the last 10 years, entered into research. Articles without name, no date and non-scientific were excluded. A wide range of Keywords such as Professional Socialization, Nursing, Nurse was used to retrieve related studies. Besides studying library, Persian and International accredited online databases such as Magiran, SID, Iranmedex, Pubmed, google scholar, MEDLINE, Scopus, Elsevier and Sciencedirect were used. Ultimately, 21 articles were included. Data were analyzed based on Broom's method.Results: Analysis results showed that professional socialization of nurses' barriers consist of three main categories of professional factors, economic- welfare facilities factors and social factors.Conclusions: It's impossible to provide desirable and quality care by nurses without considering their social status and promoting it. So, health care system needs to consider professional, economic and social barriers and apply the necessary measures to eliminate these barriers in order to improve the quality of care and patient satisfaction.